Going to the Source, Volume I: To 1877 The Bedford Reader in American History

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Many document readers offer lots of sources, but only Going to the Sourcecombines a rich diversity of primary and secondary sources with in-depth instructions for howand whento use each type of source. Mirroring the chronology of the U.S. history survey, each of the main chapters employs a single type of source from personal letters to political cartoons while focusing on an intriguing historical episode such as the Cherokee Removal or the 1894 Pullman Strike. A new capstone chapter in each volume prompts students to synthesize information on a single topic from a variety of source types. The wide range of topics and sources across 28 chapters 6 of them new provide students with all they need to become fully engaged with America's history.

Victoria Bissell Brown is the L.F. Parker Professor of History at Grinnell College, where she teaches Modern U.S. History, U.S. Women’s History, and U.S. Immigration History. She is the author of The Education of Jane Addams and the editor of the Bedford/St. Martin’s edition of Jane Addams’s Twenty Years at Hull-House. Her articles have appeared in Feminist Studies, The Journal of Women’s History, and The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. She has served as a Book Review Editor for The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and for the Women and Social Movements website. Timothy J. Shannon is professor of History at Gettysburg College, where he teaches Early American and Native American History. His other books include Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier, Atlantic Lives: A Comparative Approach to Early America, and Indians and Colonists at the Crossroads of Empire: The Albany Congress of 1754, which received the Dixon Ryan Fox Prize from the New York State Historical Association and the Distinguished Book Award from the Society of Colonial Wars. His articles have appeared in the William and Mary Quarterly, Ethnohistory, and the New England Quarterly, and he has been a research fellow at the Huntington Library and John Carter Brown Library.

Inside Cover: Guide to Using the Book1. Monsters and Marvels: Images of Animals from the New WorldUsing the Source: Images of AnimalsThe Source: Images of Animals from the New World2. Tales of Captivity and Redemption: North American Captivity NarrativesUsing the Source: Captivity NarrativesThe Source: North American Captivity Narratives3. Colonial America’s Most Wanted: Runaway Advertisements in Colonial NewspapersUsing the Source: Runaway AdvertisementsThe Source: Runaway Advertisements from Colonial Newspapers, 1747–17704. Germ Warfare on the Colonial Frontier: An Article from the Journal of American HistoryUsing the Source: Journal ArticlesThe Source: An Article from the Journal of American History, March 20005. Toasting Rebellion: Songs and Toasts in Revolutionary AmericaUsing the Source: Songs and ToastsThe Source: Toasts and Songs of the Patriot Movement, 1765–17886. Debating the Constitution: Speeches from the New York Ratification ConventionUsing the Source: The Ratification DebatesThe Source: Speeches Debating the Constitution from the New York Ratification7. The Question of Female Citizenship: Court Records from the New NationUsing the Source: Court RecordsThe Source: James Martin (Plaintiff in Error) v. The Commonwealth and William Bosson and Other Ter-tenants, 18058. Family Values: Advice Literature for Parents and Children in the Early RepublicUsing the Source: Advice Literature for Parents and ChildrenThe Source: Advice Literature on Child Rearing and Children’s Literature, 1807–1833*9. The Meaning of Cherokee Civilization: Newspaper Editorials about Indian Removal Using the Source: Newspaper EditorialsThe Source: Editorials from The Cherokee Phoenix and The National Intelligencer on Indian Removal*10. Challenging the ‘Peculiar Institution’: Slave Narratives from the Antebellum South Using the Source: Slave NarrativesThe Source: Slave Narratives by Henry Bibb, Solomon Northup, and Harriet Jacobs11. Martyr or Madman? Biographies of John BrownUsing the Source: Biographies The Source: Biographies of John Brown12. The Illustrated Civil War: Photographers on the BattlefieldUsing the Source: Civil War PhotographsThe Source: Photographs of Civil War Battlefields and Military Life, 1861–186613. Political Terrorism during Reconstruction: Congressional Hearings and Reports on the Ku Klux KlanUsing the Source: Congressional Hearings and ReportsThe Source: Testimony and Reports from the Joint Select Committee to Inquire into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States*CAPSTONE: Coming Together and Pulling Apart: Nineteenth-Century Fourth of July Observations The Sources: Documents and Images Portraying Fourth of July Observations, 1819-1903Appendix I: Avoiding PlagiarismAppendix II: Documenting the Source*new to this edition